for there is no folly of the beast of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of men
HERMAN MELVILLEWe cannot live for ourselves alone.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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A man of true science… thinks, that by mouthing hard words, he proves that he understands hard things.
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Faith, like a jackal, feeds among the tombs, and even from these dead doubts she gathers her most vital hope.
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It is hard to be finite upon an infinite subject, and all subjects are infinite.
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All deep, earnest thinking is but the intrepid effort of the soul to keep the open independence of her sea, while the wildest winds of heaven and earth conspire to cast her on the treacherous, slavish shore.
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I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I’ll go to it laughing.
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The eyes are the gateway to the soul.
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Hope is the struggle of the soul, breaking loose from what is perishable, and attesting her eternity.
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We cannot live for ourselves alone.
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I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.
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When the passage “All men are born free and equal,” when that passage was being written were not some of the signers legalised owners of slaves?
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Better be an old maid, a woman with herself as a husband, than the wife of a fool; and Solomon more than hints that all men are fools; and every wise man knows himself to be one.
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I do not think I have any uncharitable prejudice against the rattlesnake, still, I should not like to be one.
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They talk of the dignity of work. The dignity is in leisure.
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The poor man wants many things; the covetous man, all.
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A whale ship was my Yale College and my Harvard.
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